Orbex Space is a UK-based, private launch services company focused on serving the small satellite industry. They are developing the Orbex Prime, a micro-launch vehicle designed for low-Earth orbit satellite deployment, utilizing innovative and sustainable bio-propane fuel. While initially planning to launch from Sutherland Spaceport, Orbex has shifted its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport. Orbex's key partners and customers include the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and companies like Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Astrocast.
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Orbex is developing a launch vehicle named Prime that is capable of placing up to 180 kg into orbit and plans to launch from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland.
Munich-based Isar Aerospace and UK-based Skyrora and Orbex are competing with Rocket Factory Augsburg to become the European launch startup to reach orbit and secure clients.
Orbex signed a 50-year sub-lease with Highlands and Islands Enterprise for a spaceport location on community-owned land on the A’ Mhoine peninsula in north-west Sutherland with an option to extend for a further 25 years.
A University of Exeter study showed a single launch of the Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 percent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels.
Orbex expects to create up to 40 technical and non-technical full-time equivalent jobs to support operation and maintenance of the site.
Orbex expects to create up to 40 technical and non-technical full-time equivalent jobs to support operation and maintenance of the site.
A University of Exeter study found that a single launch of the Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 percent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels.
The cost of building and operating the Sutherland site over three years will be in excess of £20,000,000and will be funded by Orbex.
Orbex closed a Series C funding round that raised £40,400,000from several investors.
Orbex plans to begin construction of the Sutherland site imminently and to complete construction sometime in 2023.
The Sutherland facility will host up to 12 Orbex Prime launches per year.
Orbex will build a facility at the Sutherland site for launching its Prime small launch vehicle.
The U.K. Space Agency awarded Lockheed Martin and Orbex launch opportunities from the Sutherland site in 2018.
Orbex signed a lease with Highlands and Islands Enterprise for a 10-acre site in the northwestern part of Sutherland county in northern Scotland.
Orbex secured £40.4 million in a Series C funding round led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Orbex raised £40,400,000 ($45,800,000) in a Series C funding round on 2022-10-18 led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Orbex plans to launch Prime initially from Space Hub Sutherland, a launch site under development in northern Scotland.
Orbex builds the Prime launch vehicle at a factory in Forres, Scotland.
Orbex has targeted its first orbital launch of Prime to take place sometime in 2023.
Orbex has customers from the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States signed up to launch dedicated payloads with the company.